Scrap the bosses!
Socialist Organiser1983 1983-07-07Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 4 →
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the Left failed.
The sort of issues Martin raises were all part of the debate on the committee. The fact is that we lost the debate.
I think the SLV was the nadir of the Labour Left. The high point was the Rank and File Mobilising Committee - and after that it went downhill, through such things as Labour Liaison 82, with a fitful interlude on the witch-hunt RL: weve been on the retreat since Brighton [Labour Party conference 19811.
JB: Part of that has been a conscious retreat by people around Benn and Tribune since Bishops Stortford.
It was part of. a process in which sections of the Left turned their back on open organising in the Party, and back towards stitch ups in smoke-filled rooms. 10p Lon Bomb!
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